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NITEv BRADLEY BURR, or BATAvIA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DASH-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l87,450,dated February 20, i877; application iiled October 3,1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRADLEY BURR, of Batavia, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Dash-Boards for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification In the accompanying drawing, which formsv a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of one of my improved dashboards. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the line :c m oi' Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side and edge View of one of the metal end standards. Fig. et is a side and edge View of one ot' thel intermediate metal standards, showing the form used upon the back ot' the dashboard. Fig. 54 is a side and edge View of one ci' said intermediate metal standards, showing the form used upon the front oi' the dashrboard. Fig. 6 is vertical section of the dash-board, taken on the line y y of Fig. 1.

Like letters ot' reference niade use of in the several tigures indicate like parts wherever employed.

This improved dash-board is made of wood and'inetal, so constructed and united in the several parts as to obviate the necessity of mortising and tenoning or framing, and so that the full strength and economyT of the two materials are utilized.

In the said drawing, A represents the body. ot' the dash-board, which I prefer to make of light stuff, most usually white rpfo'od, and find that a thickness of one-fourth ot' an inch (more or less) will be sufficient. B B are the top and bottom rails, made preferably ot' hard wood, and grooved to receivethe upper and lower edges of the dash. These wooden parts, it will be seen, are all plain work, and the stuft" may be gotten outin any quantity by the usual wood-working machinery, no tting or joining of the wooden parts, beyond the mere insertion of the dash into the grooves of the top and bottom rails, Iand the cutting oi' of material to the requisite length, being necessary.

At each end of the wooden screen so constructed is applied a metal standard, C, which may be cast of malleable iron, This standard-a separate view ot' which is given at Fig. 3 in two positionsis made with a lateral socket, D, to receive the end of the screen or dash, said socket being enlarged at the top and bottom, as at d d, to receive the thickness of the top and bottom rails, and said enlarged portion being prolonged or eX- screws to tasten to the wagon-body.

tended laterally, to give a greater bearing, d2, at the corners, and to give more room for inserting a rivet, c e, through each rail, to secure the standard in place. Upon these standards-and cast integrally therewith, if desired-are the usual handles ff.

The bottom of each ot' said standards is prolonged into a tang, g, pierced to receive screws, whereby it may be secured to the body ofthe wagon.

At suitable intervals between the end standards are applied one or more interine dia-te standards, each consisting ot' a front strap, H, and a back strap, H', the latter being provided with a tang, h, pierced for rIhese straps, preferably made `oit' malleable castiron, are formed to tit against the board land rails, and, being placed opposite each other, are riveted together, by rivets m, through the iron and wood. The form ot' these metal straps will be clearly understood from the four views given at Figs. et and 5 of the drawing.

The dash-board thus constructed is of a pleasing and ornamental appearance, and is unusually strong and durable. Moreover, it is very cheaply and easily made, requiring no nice fitting or joining. The work is all plain, and the parts all go together in such manner lthat the labor of constructing the dash-board after the materials are assembled is very tritling and simple.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, that which I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wooden dashboard, strengthened `and inclosed at the ends by socket-pieces of metal riveted to the dashboard, and furnished with tangs by which the whole may be secured to the wagon-body, substantially as specified.

2. The socket-piece or standard C, made with a lateral socket, D d d, prolongations d1 d1, and tang g, substantially'as specied.

3. The wooden dash-board provided with the metal-socketed end standards and the double intermediate standards, applied in pairs and riveted through the board, substantially a's speciiied.

BRADLEY BURR.

Witnesses:

L. M. WHITNEY, C. W. PORTER. 

